Columbia Basin Health Association Hosts
Heart Health Screening Day
to Help Local Women Learn The Heart Truth®
Local Activities Part of National Wear Red Day® Celebration
Othello, WA - To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their #1 health threat, three of Columbia Basin Health Association’s (CBHA) clinics will host Heart Health Risk Screening Day. The event will take place on National Wear Red Day, Friday February 5, 2010 at Othello Family Clinic and 14th Avenue Medical Center (both in Othello) from 10am-4pm; and Wahluke Family Clinic (in Mattawa) from 11am-5pm. The screening Heart Health Risk Screening is free and by participating you will be placed in a raffle to win a great door prize.
National Wear Red Day is a day when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. Every year employees with CBHA join together and wear red on this important day. Join us and wear red on February 5th to raise awareness of women’s heart disease.
CBHA activities are in partnership with The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign warning women about their risk of heart disease. The campaign is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with The Office on Women's Health (OWH) and other organizations committed to the health and well-being of women.
About The Heart Truth
Although significant progress has been made in increasing awareness among women that heart disease is their #1 killer (from 34 percent in 2000 to 69 percent in 2009) most fail to make the connection between its risk factors and their personal risk of developing heart disease. A nationwide campaign, The Heart Truth, is underway to raise awareness that women need to protect their heart.
The Heart Truth created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wake-up call to American women. The Red Dress® reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action.
This national campaign is building awareness of women's heart disease and empowering women to reduce and prevent their risk. It is reaching women with important heart health messages in community settings through a diverse network of national and grassroots partner organizations.
For more information about women and heart disease, including materials such as The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women and fact sheets about women and heart disease, please visit http://www.hearttruth.gov or call the NHLBI Health Information Center at 301-592-8573.